{"id":959,"date":"2023-03-26T16:56:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haflingerhorses.eu\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:25:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.haflingerhorses.eu\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"959\" class=\"elementor elementor-959 elementor-80\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19d47475 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19d47475\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76adf840\" data-id=\"76adf840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b344784 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b344784\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b8345f2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b8345f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have been breeding Haflingers since 1992, so more than 30 years. Initially in the outskirts of Zutphen, in the hamlet of Leesten (hence the name!), later in Wervershoof in North Holland.<\/p>\n<p>After the move, now 22 years ago, we started keeping approved haflinger stallions. From the very beginning stallions bred and approved in (North-, South- East-) Tyrol.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022, our stud has been an EU-approved SWS station, which means that we are allowed to export semen. We are the only Haflinger stallion farm in the Benelux with this approval. In addition to the stallions, breeding is still our passion. Every year we breed between 6 and 10 foals. We have been able to achieve many successes with our breeding products at inspections at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Family Smeltink<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us We have been breeding Haflingers since 1992, so more than 30 years. 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